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FG Approves Policy On National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme

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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Home Grown School Feeding Policy.

The Federal Government School Feeding Programme is to provide one nutritious meal every school day to all primary school pupils in Nigeria with the aim of improving the health of school age children, increase their enrolment, retention and completion rate in the primary school.

A signed statement by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Dr Nasir Sani Gwarzo indicate that, the purpose of the National Home-Grown School Feeding Policy is to strengthen ownership and commitment of the programme at the Federal and State levels of government, key sectors and relevant stakeholders;

The policy according to the statement will also provide guidance for the continuous implementation and sustainability of the programme by establishing a solid political and financial foundation for school feeding in the medium-to-long term.

It will establish a framework to promote continuous collaboration across the Multi-sectoral stakeholders and relevant key actors so that the School Feeding Programme can be integrated as a stand-alone National Development Framework of policies and strategies.

The policy will further ensure that healthy and nutritious school meals are served in primary schools in an efficient and consistent manner and school meals increasingly benefit smallholder farmers as well as develop local economies especially at the community level.

The statement noted that the policy will also ensures that the foreseen benefits of the NHGSFP are achieved continuously and sustainably by providing enhanced guidance for the adequate implementation of the programme while providing criteria for future sustainable financing of the NHGSFP in Nigeria, adding that the Programme should reach children in pre-primary education, Out of School Children under the Alternate School Programme (ASP) and other vulnerable children.

The Policy however, provided for an effective Monitoring and Evaluation Mechanism for accountability and accuracy, effective management as well as result-based monitoring.

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